Posted By DHALL on 29 Apr 2010 07:49 AM
thank you all for your service. i am a disabled nam vet. dont get to hunt much,cant do it alone and dont have any help.i do deer hunt for 3 days and a phesant hunt with the connells.thanks to all those who help us enjoy something we misss way to much.

 Cool, I was under the impression that he did not get out to hunt much from his post, but sounds like he has plenty of hunting buddies. 

Posted By Longshot on 22 May 2010 10:36 AM
Sorry to hear about your disability Pegleg, but at least your state recognizes your service. Here in Missouri you only get very limited recognition. Free state fishing license and small game that is about it, everything else you pay for. I have lived in other states that recognize a persons service and think it is great, but for some reason Missouri does not.

Posted By hkrawiec on 23 May 2010 12:08 AM
im 100% disabled as per the va and the federal governmentsocial security act i was in nam from sept 65 thru sept 66 ive got agent orange damage had 2 heartattacks amputation of 3 toes ptsd but i still fish and hunt when i can of course i need help i get free hunting and fishing licenses and all stamps hunting and fishing of course free i have a permit to shoot out of a stationary vehicle i get real estate tax help reduced payment i dont pay local taxes on my house and property so at least i get some benefitseefdb

Posted By Longshot on 10 Jun 2010 12:21 PM
Me too, I finally learned how to spell Jersey, always thought there was no "R" to hear a local say it, lol. Just kidding..... Or am I ?

You mean 'New Joysy'

Posted By noctislupus on 17 Jul 2010 02:03 PM
hello new to this site. I'm a disabled vet with upper body limitations and low back injury. was USAF jet eng. mech specialist. i have had to relearn several things. was an avid bird hunter, but have almost given it up. i still deer hunt, but like several of you i also have to have someone to hunt with.

Welcome, and what state do you hale from

Longshot,

I hear you about the major lifestyle changes. 

I was a Hospital Corpsman (w/ Marines) and injured my back playing war with them.  Was commissioned and detailed to Dept. of Justice and was on the receiving end of multiple acts of violence with Border Patrol and Bureau of Prisons.  L4-S1 Spinal Fusion (failed 12 years later).

Have a powerchair now, 100% Total and Permanent, can walk short distances, if needed.  Spend more time at the range than hunting, but even that has become difficult.  Would like to hunt again, just difficult getting to where the critters are.

Check the net.  There are more and more things coming out for disabled hunters. 

God bless, Good Luck and may you enjoy Fair Winds.

Tom
(HM2/CDR)

Posted By unclegman on 27 Oct 2010 09:07 PM
To Pegleg1,
unfortunately, the VA barely acknowledges that Agent Orange even exists.  They begrudgingly add certain diseases to the list of ailments caused by AO, but to claim them, you have to have had 'boots on the ground' in 'nam, even if your boots were only on the ground for a few seconds.  They don't even acknowledge that perhaps thousands of us worked, shipped, sprayed, and cleaned spraying equipment who were not 'boots on the ground'.  We just lose out.[script removed]

It should not be boots on the ground,it should be ' AO in the air' I've got a claim I was ' Brown water Navy' but I agree there was a lot of people exposed that weren't in country or they were ' Blue water Navy' There was one blue water sailor that took it to court and won. But the VA said "that doesn't mean they all get it". But it should.

Posted By T. D. Potter on 10 Feb 2011 06:36 PM
I m a disabled vet served in Korea, I took 40 years before the VA would give me a 100% classfication but Here in Oregon, we do get a lot of benifits I believe Pekleg mentioned most of the benifits but left out the big one. If you draw a bull elk tag and you have an Oregon disabled permit you are able to shoot a cow or calf. In other words the good meat. My preference is a  two year old cow that is just before she is old enough to breed. I have been a life member since 1991, a life member of the NRA, The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association. I have to be a little careful with my health as I had Triple by Pass Surgery one year ago this April. Have been a hunter since I was 12 years old. I want to thank all of you for serving this great country of ours. We know freedom is not FREE. However I m afraid due to things beyond our control there are those that do not understand that.  My e-mail address is: dpotter@centurylink.net.  should any of you want to correspond. 

Posted By rerb on 20 Apr 2011 05:57 PM
Hello I am originally from Idaho and Wyoming. Born In Idaho and raised in Wyoming from the age of 13. I am disabled and service connected. I have been fighting for 40 years for them to recognize my DD214 for the additional 20% but they say that I went for it too long ago and did follow through after I received my notice of denial. I do not ever remember receiving that notice but oh well the 40% that I now have helps. I live not to far from North Chicago now so it is handy and I am grateful for what ever I can get. I do know that being from the Vietnam era that we do not receive as much help as now but then again I guess I consider myself just lucky that I get anything at all. I suffer from head aches 7 days a week from the blow to the back of the head I received from falling down a flight of stairs or a ladder for the Navy term and that created a swelling of the spinal chord and removal of part of the skull area to relieve some of the pressure but to no avail it helped some but not completely gone. You make due and praise God that you can walk if not to far and that even if your arm does not work all that well at least it still works. God bless all that served from day one to now. Recognize all that served and allow yourself to be grateful for the chance to be on the list with so many great people.

I'm also originally from Idaho then I lived in Wyoming for one winter then got smart and moved to southern Oregon. I'm 100% service connected from the Navy and agent orange nailed me, so I got killed in Vietnam and I'm just waiting for the funeral. So far it's doing the job on me slowly. In 2003 it took my right leg above the knee. In 2008 I went to the hospital with kidney failure and congestive heart failure, I'm now on dialysis three times a week.
You can go to any service organization and get a V.S.O. to help you, you don't have to be a member, mine is from the paralyzed veterans and I Don't belong to them and I'm not paralyzed but you need a representative, they can work wonders for you, they did for me.
Just don't give up. Sometimes you can even get retroactive benefits, I did.
 I also get to shoot from my vehicle here in Oregon. And with elk I get to shoot bull, cows or calf. We have better gun laws here, both me and my wife have concealed hand gun licenses. But the N.R.A. is going to bat for you folks in Illinois. 

The DAV is the most knowledgeable when it comes to the rules, regs, and SOP of the VA and it's inner workings. The American Legion, VFW, and a few other orgs can and will help but once again the DAV NSO's are the most knowledgeable of them all and are required to continually attend the latest updates and changes to the same rules, regs, and SOP seminars/classes available. The DAV has the fastest turnaround time of any and all orgs for Veterans. When I joined the cost for a Lifetime membership was $125.00 and the thing about the DAV is you do not have to be a member to recieve their services. When you sign a Power Of  Attorney for the DAV then the only thing you will need to do is to wait to hear back from them as they will attend and represent you at/in all the VA Boards and courts of law.

Posted By Big Dawg on 23 Apr 2011 09:48 AM

The DAV is the most knowledgeable when it comes to the rules, regs, and SOP of the VA and it's inner workings. The American Legion, VFW, and a few other orgs can and will help but once again the DAV NSO's are the most knowledgeable of them all and are required to continually attend the latest updates and changes to the same rules, regs, and SOP seminars/classes available. The DAV has the fastest turnaround time of any and all orgs for Veterans. When I joined the cost for a Lifetime membership was $125.00 and the thing about the DAV is you do not have to be a member to receive their services. When you sign a Power Of  Attorney for the DAV then the only thing you will need to do is to wait to hear back from them as they will attend and represent you at/in all the VA Boards and courts of law.

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I can't imagine anyone doing any better than my P.V.A. rep. did for me. At the start the VA put me at 70% within two months my rep using my outside doc got me 100% and $53,000.00 in retro bennies. He helped me get a $63,750.00 grant to make my house wheelchair accessible. I'm now at $7,800.00 a month thanks to him. He got me numerous things in between, home health care, power wheelchairs etc.                                              I am a life member of the D.A.V. and the V.F.W., AMVETS, American Legion, Life Trophy member of N.A.H.C., Life member Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Life member N.R.A. member United States Concealed  Carry Association, member Medford Rifle and Pistol Club. and I believe them all to be great organizations.

Posted By bear03 on 25 Apr 2011 02:10 PM
pegleg I am sorry I forgot to give credit to P.O.V, but I think that you probably understand were I am coming form with my post on this. I was just trying to give tomb52 some resources to go to and it turned into who is the better source. The all work to take care of us as vet's and our interest.

Posted By senmec on 22 May 2010 12:30 PM
Hello, I have a 10% serviced connected disability for my shoulder, but I don't consider myself disabled. It does limit me on some things but for the most part I've learned to work around it. I live in SW Georgia.

Posted By ternera on 01 Sep 2011 07:54 PM
wolverine47 and all you vets: I tried to join during the "nam" shit, but was turned down(had too much education). But my oldest son signed up as a Marine(and died as one). I do feel for you guys. I do have some property about 4 hrs from where Wolverine lives. Have enough room for tents, travel trailers, campers, etc. Town abouit 2 min. drive and Springs are about 5 min. drive. Easy access roads. I use an electric cart to go hunting. I admit that I'm not as strong as I used to be, but have ways of getting my deer out of the woods. There was a post about a disabled vet. in the Pasco-Hernando area. I offered to come here. Have not heard from him
Any of you guys interested, let me know.
"senmec" don't believe the line that wolverine47 is feeding you. That area of Ft. M. is heart attack territory(just kidding).

Posted By ternera on 06 Sep 2011 08:44 PM
E-mail is on the way. I hope you have "Google Earth". I'm sending you the coordinates of the property, and a phone #.
BTW: Wolverine47 is coming by tomorrow to meet in person and possibly scout.

Posted By Topgun 30-06 on 29 Apr 2010 06:50 PM
LS---Just in case he doesn't see your question, Dave lives in a suburb on the southwest side of Detroit out past the airport.  He was up at my place deer hunting a couple years ago and I also took him turkey hunting at Fort Custer.

Posted By ternera1 on 17 Dec 2011 07:59 PM
It took a while, but finally Chuck(Wolverine47) decided to come and try hunting at my farm. Missed the month of archery(does legal), missed black powder, missed doe week(with any gun). Shows up and wants to shoot a doe, with the FWC officer sniffing around the property. On his second day, he got lucky and a 6-pt decided to commit suicide and run into his gun. Well, he is happy and I am happy for him too. He got a chance to fulfill a dream, and I got the pleassure of helping a disable vet. achieve it.
Note: I'll try to post this on the" memebers helping members" section too.

Gettings fellow vets,

I am 100% SS and 70% VA disabled.  I've resisted it my whole life but circumstances caused me to give in a couple years ago.  I'm a VietNam Vet in NE Oklahoma.  I use a local clinic 20 miles from here and my hospital needs are met in Fayetteville, Arkansas VA Hospital.  Last year I bought a Barnett Crossbow (with crank cock) and a .30-.30 Marlin lever action.  Also a Taurus .45C/.410 rifle.  My wife thinks I've gone nuts because I'm not really able to do anything yet, but I'm just catching up on some things I've done without my whole life.  I've gone to the woods twice last winter but didn't see a thing.  A buddy went with me the first time because I can't carry anything very far among the ridges around here.  I tried to go alone the last time but the wife insisted on going with me.  Both times I saw "NOTHING."  Most I know saw nothing or very little this season.  So, perhaps I will be in better shape next season and can do what I've never done before.  I just joined the LM Hunting Club so hope it to help me catch up intellectually that I've missed out on in past experience. 

So far, I've enjoyed what little I've read on the forums.  Everyone have a great day!

First off, I am a new member and I would just like to say hello to all my fellow disabled hunters in the club. I was U.S. Army for 17 1/2 years, with my retirement time cut short by an RPG. I was a tank crew member through Desert Storm, and a Commander of a tank/crew from the beginning of Iraq/Afghanistan campaigns. After I returned home to Arizona and went through all of my physical therapy and learning my new limits, I too have been looking forward to hunting here in my state. I am curious to all of the other disabled hunters how exactly do we hunt?  I have limited walking ability, using a cane permanently. I am hoping to find a manufacturer of a shooting stick with a cane type head so I can not only get to the elk and deer, but shoot from a good stable platform as well. I have been doing quite a bit of coyote hunting successfully just using a bi-pod mounted on my rifle. Anyone ever come across a shooting stick like I have described?

Again, I am a newbie here to the club, but a hungry-to-hunt newbie in need of suggestions.
 

(100% disabled, rods, screws, and plates-both legs, and rods/screws in lower back-3 fused vertibrae.)

rhennessey get yourself to your nearest Disabled American Veterans office and talk with an RSO who will then take great care of you. The DAV was started by a Colonel from WWI and is fully satffed by Veterans and I can promise you they know more about the VA and it's many rules and regulations than any one person working for the VA. Keep this in mind in that the VA is a government agency whereas the DAV is the only org that I know of that is wholly run by our brother Veterans. After 13 years of being lied to and put off I was directed to the DAV and after a 15 consult with a fellow Veteran who works for the DAV he took only the top 2 pages of my medical records and ask if I would sign a Power of Attorney so he could represent me in the VA's court which I did and 9 months later I was awarded a 100% rating and back paid at 100% of a Sgt E-5's pay and now recieve my base pay as a Sgt. These men and women are ALL veterans and their only mission is to help and better the lives of their fellow Veterans. I ask you to please contact the office nearest you and make an appointment and let them take it from there. They are in no way affiliated with the VA nor the government at all and I will go as far as to guarantee that they will be able to help you and get you the highest rating and pay possible. My email is bigdawgwalls@yahoo.com and you can send me a message with your phone number and we can discuss in depth what path you need to take to get the benefits you have EARNED my brother Veteran.

PS: I should have included my take on being disabled and that is we are not as physically fit as most are but always remember that we are not HELPLESS just a bit slower.